Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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